Despite being a pillar in Malawi’s long-term development vision under MW2063, including the launch of Secondary Cities Development Plan in 2022, relatively little attention is being paid to urbanization and secondary cities and how they can be leveraged for inclusive development. Overall, urbanization rates remain low, and relatively few people live in large towns and […]
Can Strategic Grain Reserves Stabilize Maize Prices in Malawi? Insights from a Validation Workshop
Malawi experiences some of the highest seasonal maize price volatility in the region. Prices often fluctuate dramatically within a single year, affecting both farmers and consumers and undermining food security. Because maize is the country’s staple food and a central component of household consumption, price instability has far-reaching implications for livelihoods, poverty, and economic stability. […]
Scaling up crop insurance in Africa for climate resilience and agricultural transformation
As climate change impacts intensify, African economies face increasing exposure to extreme weather events. The World Bank estimates that nearly 18% of the world’s population is at risk from severe weather events from which recovery would be difficult; in Africa, that number is 37%. Agriculture, which hundreds of millions of Africans depend on for their livelihoods, is […]
The Iran war: Potential food security impacts
The attack on Iran by U.S. and Israeli forces and Iranian retaliation against U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf have roiled energy markets by disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz—the Gulf’s only sea passage to the open ocean. About 27% of the world’s oil exports, 20% of global liquified natural gas (LNG) exports, and 20%-30% of global fertilizer exports, […]
AI, copyright, and content licensing in digital agriculture
The large language models (LLMs) that power most artificial intelligence chatbots and other applications are exponentially more massive than those of earlier systems, relying on vast datasets and billions of parameters to produce their human-like outputs. Such scale is often celebrated as the driver of their cutting-edge capabilities. But scale alone does not guarantee sound […]
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